46 m. ago Cheltenham festival: Inothewayurthinkin denies Galopin Des Champs in Gold Cup – live

Galopin Des Champs denied hat-trick in big raceDay four tips | Email John with your thoughtsh1.20 Triumph Hurdle oddsOdds via OddscheckerEast India Dock 6/4Lulamba 5/2Hello Neighbour 5/1Lady Vega Allen 16/1Blue Lemons 16/1Mondo Man 22/1Gibbs Island 25/1Sainte Lucie 50/1Larzac 50/1Willy De Houelle 50/1Bar 66/1 – 17 RunnersEast India Dock has taken 39% of all bets placed through our platform this morning with his odds cut from 2/1 to 6/4.Nicky Henderson’s Lulamba has gone the other way, from 2/1 to 5/2.Seven of the past 10 winners of this race have been French-bred horses. Continue reading...

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47 m. ago Trump's tariff wars forge rare bipartisan alliance in Kentucky as bourbon makers fear escalation

President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs has forged a rare bipartisan alliance among Kentucky’s top leaders — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul

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56 m. ago Caelan Doris: Ireland determined to end Six Nations with their best performance

Ireland must rely on results elsewhere to snatch the championship crown and are in serious danger of finishing third.

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62 m. ago Britain's worst train firms revealed: Rail operators ranked and rated

CrossCountry was given the lowest rating of 77 out of 100 in the Transport Focus report after suffering disruption for years, partly because of a driver training backlog and industrial action.

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64 m. ago Musk meets with head of National Security Agency to ensure it is aligned with Trump, spy agency says

Elon Musk met with the leader of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command this week, suggesting America's spy agencies won't escape the billionaire's efforts to reshape the federal government

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67 m. ago Mark Carney sworn in as Canada's prime minister as country deals with Donald Trump's trade war

Former Bank of England governor replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

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68 m. ago Doctor reveals alarming reason why you should NEVER go for long periods without sex

Shocking new survey data has revealed that nearly one in five people over the age of 18 are not sexually active at all and doctors say this could cause emotional and physical fatigue.

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68 m. ago There can be no ‘Israel exception’ for free speech | Kenneth Roth

Trump should reverse his misguided effort to deport Mahmoud KhalilThe Trump administration’s threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil seems to reflect a dangerous disregard for freedom of expression – a blatant example of official censorship to curb criticism of Israel.Khalil was a recent graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He holds a green card, giving him permanent residence status, and is married to a US citizen. They are expecting their first child soon. Immigration agents arrested him last week in his university housing and sent him for detention from New York City to Louisiana. He had been a leader of protests against Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Continue reading...

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69 m. ago White House asked for update after ‘retaliatory’ arrest of Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil, his lawyers say

Attorneys argue Trump administration violated Khalil’s First Amendment rights by retaliating against constitutionally protected speech

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69 m. ago Mark Carney sworn in as Canadian prime minister and now must face Trump threats

It capped a momentous rise for the 59-year-old – he becomes the first Canadian PM without serious political experience

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71 m. ago World's largest iceberg bigger than London could now cause disaster for penguins

Several million penguins live in the area along with several species of albatross, elephant seals and fur seals, all of which are now in danger as the iceberg has run aground and could break up

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81 m. ago Will Putin derail Trump’s peace plan? – Today in Focus Extra

Donald Trump has shown that he can get Ukraine to back a deal, but what about Russia? Patrick Wintour and Pjotr Sauer reportAfter weeks of diplomatic tension, on Tuesday the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced that Ukraine had signed up to a 30-day ceasefire agreement. As the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, explains to Michael Safi, this deal would cover the whole of Ukraine and by accepting it, Ukraine will again receive military aid and intelligence sharing from the US. However, issues such as borders, elections and Ukrainian membership of Nato or the EU are not a part of this deal and will need to be finalised at a later stage.Having followed Russian negotiations during the Syrian civil war, Wintour describes the Russians as ‘masters at delay’ and on Thursday night at a press conference in Moscow, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, made it clear that while he supported the US attempt at a deal he could not sign up to it as is. Continue reading...

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82 m. ago AOC tears into Chuck Schumer’s ‘tremendous mistake’ in blistering CNN interview

‘I cannot urge enough how bad of an idea it is to empower and enable Donald Trump and Elon Musk in this moment’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned

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85 m. ago US talks with Putin about Ukraine ‘very good and productive’, Trump says

US president also repeats refuted Putin claim that Ukrainian troops in Kursk are surrounded by Russian armyRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesDonald Trump has said the US had “very good and productive discussions” with Vladimir Putin and that “thousands of Ukrainian troops” were surrounded by the Russian army, a claim refuted by the Ukrainian military and independent analysts.In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump added that there was a “very good chance” the war between Russia and Ukraine could “finally come to an end”. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Trump to deliver rare speech at Justice Department today amid turmoil over firings and case dismissals: Live updates

President’s chaotic trade war continues to unsettle financial markets as administration suffers further political setbacks in court

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1 hour ago Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says

Iraqi Prime Minister Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has said that the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija,” was “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world,” the statement said

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1 hour ago Former Man Utd star Brandon Williams admits dangerous driving after 99mph crash

Brandon Williams, who was loaned to Ipswich Town during the 2023-24 season and is currently a free agent, was spotted by witnesses driving at high speeds and in an erratic manner before crashing in Cheshire

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1 hour ago Schumer warns of Doge’s ‘maximum destruction’ if government shuts down amid Democratic divide on spending bill – live

At least eight Senate Democrats need to vote with Republicans to advance bill ahead of midnight deadline to fund governmentChuck Schumer to vote for Republican funding bill to avert shutdownDanish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen rejected on Friday president Donald Trump’s latest remarks about annexing Greenland, saying the Danish autonomous island could not be taken over by another country.“If you look at the Nato treaty, the UN charter or international law, Greenland is not open to annexation,” he told reporters, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading...

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1 hour ago MAGA superfan Jesse Watters once again laments DOGE cuts that impact him

Johns Hopkins University announced staff layoffs as a result of massive funding cuts to federal aid programs – where Watters’s sister works

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1 hour ago White House clarifies Witkoff, not Trump, spoke to Putin as Ukraine denies US president’s claim its troops are encircled in Kursk – live

US president posted message saying ‘there is a very good chance this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end’Germany is close to unlocking the way to a massive increase in state borrowing and reforming the constitutional debt break as three major parties are reportedly about to reach an agreement on the proposed changes.The controversial proposal is a key part of the presumed next chancellor Friedrich Merz’s plan for Germany. Continue reading...

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